CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2495Introduced by Assembly Members Mayes and Eduardo GarciaFebruary 14, 2018 An act to add Section 688.5 to the Penal Code, relating to criminal procedure. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2495, as introduced, Mayes. Prosecuting attorneys: charging defendants for the prosecution costs of criminal violations of local ordinances.Existing law establishes various procedures applicable to criminal prosecutions. This bill would prohibit a city, county, or city and county, including an attorney acting on behalf of a city, county, or city and county, from charging a defendant for the costs of investigation, prosecution, or appeal in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, a criminal violation of a local ordinance.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 688.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read:688.5. A city, county, or city and county, including an attorney acting on behalf of a city, county, or city and county, shall not charge a defendant for the costs of investigation, prosecution, or appeal in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, a criminal violation of a local ordinance.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2495Introduced by Assembly Members Mayes and Eduardo GarciaFebruary 14, 2018 An act to add Section 688.5 to the Penal Code, relating to criminal procedure. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2495, as introduced, Mayes. Prosecuting attorneys: charging defendants for the prosecution costs of criminal violations of local ordinances.Existing law establishes various procedures applicable to criminal prosecutions. This bill would prohibit a city, county, or city and county, including an attorney acting on behalf of a city, county, or city and county, from charging a defendant for the costs of investigation, prosecution, or appeal in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, a criminal violation of a local ordinance.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2495
Introduced by Assembly Members Mayes and Eduardo GarciaFebruary 14, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Members Mayes and Eduardo Garcia
February 14, 2018
An act to add Section 688.5 to the Penal Code, relating to criminal procedure.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2495, as introduced, Mayes. Prosecuting attorneys: charging defendants for the prosecution costs of criminal violations of local ordinances.
Existing law establishes various procedures applicable to criminal prosecutions. This bill would prohibit a city, county, or city and county, including an attorney acting on behalf of a city, county, or city and county, from charging a defendant for the costs of investigation, prosecution, or appeal in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, a criminal violation of a local ordinance.
Existing law establishes various procedures applicable to criminal prosecutions.
This bill would prohibit a city, county, or city and county, including an attorney acting on behalf of a city, county, or city and county, from charging a defendant for the costs of investigation, prosecution, or appeal in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, a criminal violation of a local ordinance.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 688.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read:688.5. A city, county, or city and county, including an attorney acting on behalf of a city, county, or city and county, shall not charge a defendant for the costs of investigation, prosecution, or appeal in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, a criminal violation of a local ordinance.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 688.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read:688.5. A city, county, or city and county, including an attorney acting on behalf of a city, county, or city and county, shall not charge a defendant for the costs of investigation, prosecution, or appeal in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, a criminal violation of a local ordinance.
SECTION 1. Section 688.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
688.5. A city, county, or city and county, including an attorney acting on behalf of a city, county, or city and county, shall not charge a defendant for the costs of investigation, prosecution, or appeal in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, a criminal violation of a local ordinance.
688.5. A city, county, or city and county, including an attorney acting on behalf of a city, county, or city and county, shall not charge a defendant for the costs of investigation, prosecution, or appeal in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, a criminal violation of a local ordinance.
688.5. A city, county, or city and county, including an attorney acting on behalf of a city, county, or city and county, shall not charge a defendant for the costs of investigation, prosecution, or appeal in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, a criminal violation of a local ordinance.
688.5. A city, county, or city and county, including an attorney acting on behalf of a city, county, or city and county, shall not charge a defendant for the costs of investigation, prosecution, or appeal in a criminal case, including, but not limited to, a criminal violation of a local ordinance.